BERKELEY, Calif., and JONESBORO, Ark., March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shiru, the leader in AI-powered ingredient discovery, and GreenLab, a pioneer in plant-based protein expression, today announced a strategic partnership to commercialize novel food proteins using GreenLab's proprietary corn expression system. This collaboration expands Shiru's manufacturing capabilities, complementing its AI-driven protein discovery with a high-yield, scalable manufacturing platform that extends beyond microbial and precision fermentation. This partnership enables a path to market for functional ingredients across bioindustrial applications, including sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based and chemically derived ingredients. The initial focus of the ingredient targets Shiru and GreenLab are partnering on is directed at CPG."This partnership brings together some of the best natural protein compounds with a highly productive agricultural production platform to manufacture proteins that are not only sustainable but also scalable and commercially viable," said Dr. Jasmin Hume, founder and CEO of Shiru. "While we continue to leverage precision fermentation in our screening efforts at Shiru, we've always acknowledged that scaling our ingredients can be done via microbes or crops

Shiru launches global RFP to revolutionize sugar replacement with AI.

BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shiru, the leader in AI-powered ingredient discovery, today announced the launch of a global Request for Partners (RFP) aimed at finding a mission-aligned beverage partner to jointly discover and scale a natural sugar replacement. The partnership will leverage Shiru's proprietary ProteinDiscovery.ai platform, which has already distilled over 450 million natural proteins into 33 million uniquely valuable candidates for applications in food, beverage, and beyond. "The future of food isn't about reinventing what we eat—it's about enhancing the foods we already love," said Dr. Jasmin Hume, founder and CEO of Shiru. "We believe the key to unlocking scalable, sustainable sweeteners lies in ingredient innovation at the molecular level, and AI is the driving force behind it